YouTube is Demonetising my Channel

Ahh… YouTube…

As of Feb 20, 2018, my YouTube channel will be ineligible to earn money.

YouTube Partner Program (YPP) announced new rules for channel monetization. Eligible channels need to have at least 1,000 subscribers and 240,000 of watched minutes in the past 12 months.

My channel does not qualify for the new rules because I only have about 500 subscribers and around 150,000 of watched minutes. That means I will have to work harder to grow my audience.

So what’s my pay cut?
My YouTube channels currently makes around $100 per year. It’s a tiny amount that I can survive without. However, once I reach the minimum requirement for YPP eligibility, my income will at least double.

I estimate that it will take me at least a year to grow my channel in order to get enough subscribers and watched minutes.

If you would like to support me, feel free to subscribe to my YouTube channel. If you do subscribe, please let me know in the comment section below. That would be so helpful.

My videos have improved this year as I invested in a good camera, mic and a tripod for my video shoots.

Recent Purchase: Brookfield Property Partners

My first purchase of 2018 is Brookfield Property Partners (TSX: BPY.UN). Just as planned in my previous post, I wrote about two stock picks and I chose BPY. At this point BPY offers a better valuation compared to Plaza REIT. With fresh capital and monthly dividends, I had enough money to buy 36 shares for $26.75 per share. 

My position in BPY is not full yet. Eventually I would like to have about 150 shares of this company. By the way, Brookfield is the owner of the luxury resort in Bahamas, Atlantis Paradise Island.

Let me know if you own stock in this company and what you think about it. Please share your January purchase. I'm always interested to see what other investors buy. Take care!

January Stock Consideration

This month I want to buy shares in a company that I already own. So I screened my portfolio to see which of my companies trades at 52-week low. I screened out two REIT stocks that offer good value today.

Brookfield Property Partners (TSX: BPY.UN)

Brookfield Property owns, operates, and invests in commercial properties in North America, Europe, Australia, and Brazil. They diversify themselves into different sectors such as Office, Residential, Retail, Industrial, Hospitality, and Others.

The stock currently trades at 0.7 to its book value and offers a dividend yield of 5.6%. Its 5-year historical average suggests that the stock can trade as low as 0.5 to book value and as high as 1.0 to book value.

The 3-year chart suggests that the stock reached a solid support level and should bounce off from here. But it struggles every time it reaches the $31 level. My intuition tells me the next time it reaches $31, it will break that resistance.

If the stock trades below $27 level in two weeks then I will buy it. If it bounces off from here and rise above $29 then I won’t touch it.



Plaza Retail REIT (TSX: PLZ.UN)
Plaza Retail REIT is a developer, owner and manager of retail real estate, with a focus on central and eastern Canada. It’s a pure Retail play.

The stock currently trades at 1.0 to its book value and offers a dividend yield of 6.3%. Its 5-year historical average suggests that the stock can trade as low as 0.9 to book value and as high as 1.1 to book value.

The 3-year chart shows that the stock peaked at $4.90 and started to go down. However it built a nice support base around $4.20 and held up very well. 

If the stock trades below $4.30 in two weeks then I will buy it. If it bounces off from here and rise above $4.60 then I won’t touch it.



So these are my two picks for January. Let me know what you think about both companies. Would you buy them at those levels?